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LIFE AND SERVICES 




OF THE 

Hon. George L. Shoup, 




OF IDAHO, 

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UNITED STATES SENATE. 




BY 

W. B. MATTHEWS. 


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WASHINGTON, D. C. : 

Byron S. Adams, Printer. 
1900 




■Hon. GEORGE L. SHOUP, 

UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM IDAHO. 






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PREFACE. 

Washington, Sept 20, 1900. 
To the People of the State of Idaho : 

Having been twice honored by you in the appointment 
as the attorney for your State at the Capital of the Nation, 
and placed in charge of all matters pertaining to your 
public lands, it became necessary for me to visit your 
capital during the different sessions of your Legislature, 
covering a period pf four years. 

It was my good fortune, to meet officially all of your 
State officials, members of the Legislature, and hundreds of 
others. I very naturally became deeply interested in all 
public matters affecting your people. It was my good for- 
tune to meet your senior Senator (the subject of the follow- 
ing sketch) on his arrival in Washington, and to know 
him intimately. I have watched his course in the Senate 
as carefully as consistent with my professional duties, and 
I have met him either at the Capitol or at some one 
of the Departments of the Government almost daily, and 
it affords me pleasure to bear testimony to his fidelity, un- 
tiring zeal and unceasing labors in behalf of his constitu- 
ents, regardless of their political affiliations. 

I can state, also, that he has the faculty of accomplish- 
ing more in the Senate and in the various Departments of 
the Government than any other man in public life, so far 
as I have observed, and as I was for eight years connected 
with the Interior Department of the Government, I have 
had ample opportunity to form a correct judgment. He 
has done much to give Idaho the high standing that is 
now accorded her. He is a man of the people, a pioneer, 
who knows his State's every need, and his wealth, his 
energy and his ability have been conscientiously devoted to 
the duties of his office. 



I have undertaken in the following brief sketch to call 
attention only to the more important events in the life of 
the Senator, to such of the bills which he has introduced m 
the Senate since he became a Senator as I could conveniently 
find ; and I have commented at some length upon the more 
important bills which now have become Acts of Congress ; 
hoping by this means to show such of his constituents as 
have not had the opportunity of reading the Congressional 
Record something of his labors in Congress alone, and when 
we consider that his labors before the various Departments 
of the Government have been constant and onerous, requir- 
ing the services at times of several clerks, it will be seen 
that his achievements have been such as should greatly 
endear him to his people and render him worthy of their 

continued support. 

In conclusion I have been induced to prepare this little 
pamphlet for the reason that I am aware of the fact that a 
strong effort will be made to defeat his return to the Senate 
to succeed himself, which, should it occur, would, in my 
judgment, be a public calamity, and I know of no better 
way in which I can show my appreciation for the honor 
which you have hitherto conferred upon me than by using 
such means as I have at my command to secure his return 

to the Senate. 

Very respectfully, 

W. B. Matthews. 



HON. GEORGE L. SHOUP, 

U. S« SENATOR FROM IDAHO. 
The Statesman, Soldier, Farmer and Merchant. 



Senator George L. Shoup is universally and generally 
regarded as the foremost citizen of Idaho. He was born in 
Pennsylvania June 15, 1836 ; was educated in the public 
schools and was brought up on a farm. He removed, with 
his father, to Illinois in June, 1852. For the succeeding 
seven years he was engaged in farming and stock-raising 
near Galesburg, 111., removing to Colorado in 1859, where, 
until the breaking out of the Civil War, he occupied himself 
in various mining and mercantile enterprises. In Septem- 
ber, 1861, he entered the service of the Union Army as a 
member of an independent company of scouts, during which 
time he had many encounters with Indians and desperadoes 
on the Pecos, Canadian and Red Rivers of the South, also 
on the border of Texas and the Indian Territory, and later 
on the Arkansas River and its tributaries. Soon afterwards 
he was commissioned second lieutenant, and until the spring 
of 1863 was engaged in scouting in the far West and South- 
west. In the year mentioned he was promoted to the first 
lieutenancy, and in May of that year was assigned to the 
1st Colorado Regiment of Cavalry. He served as a member 
of the Constitutional Convention of Colorado in 1864, and 
after an absence of thirty days from his command he returned 
to active military duties. In September, 1864, he was com- 
missioned colonel of the 3rd Colorado Cavalry, and at the 

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expiration of his term of service was mustered out in Denver. 
In 1866 he established himself as a merchant in Virginia 
City, Montana, and at Salmon City, Idaho ; since then he 
has been engaged in various mercantile, mining and stock- 
raising enterprises, and has become very widely known as a 
business man of ability and a man of pronounced and val- 
uable views upon all questions of public concern. Mr. 
Shoup was a member of the Territorial Legislature of Idaho 
during the 8th and 10th sessions ; was a delegate to the 
National Republican Convention of 1880 ; a member of the 
Republican National Committee from 1880-'84, 1888-'92, 
1892-'94 and 1896-1900 and again in 1900 to 1904. In 
1884-'85 he was United States Commissioner for Idaho at 
the World's Cotton Centennial Exposition held at New 
Orleans, La. At that time the treasury of the Territory 
was at such a low ebb that it was impossible to make such 
an exhibit as was creditable. Mr. Shoup, in his usual gen- 
erosity, advanced the necessary funds and the exhibit was 
one of the best made by any of the Territories. 

Mr. Shoup has the distinction of having been the last 
Governor under the Territorial form of government and 
the first Governor under Statehood ; having been appointed 
Governor of the Territory in 1889 and elected to that posi- 
tion in October, 1 890. He became a member of the United 
States Senate in December of that year and was re-elected 
in 1895. His term of service expires March 3, 1901. It is~ 
not generally known, but it is nevertheless a fact, that the 
admission of Idaho as a State was largely due to his efforts. 
He was taken to task by the then Secretary of the Interior 
(he at that time being Territorial Governor) for coming to 
Washington to work for the admission of the Territory to 
Statehood without first obtaining leave of absence. He at 



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once prepared and tendered his resignation as Governor in 
order that he might remain and continue his efforts in Con- 
gress. He was afterwards prevailed upon by the President 
to withdraw his resignation, but did so with the under- 
standing that he was to be allowed to remain in Washing- 
ton as long as he regarded his presence necessary. 

His long experience as a legislator and as Governor, both 
of the Territory and the State of Idaho, practically fitted 
him for the discharge of his duties as chairman of the Senate 
Committee on Territories, which position he now occupies. 
He is also member of the Committee on Indian Affairs, 
Military Affairs, Pensions and Indian Depredations. 



FIRST BILL. 

Bill Providing for Purchase of Site and Erection of Public 

Building at Boise. 

The first bill introduced by Senator Shoup after he en- 
tered the Senate was one providing for the purchase of a 
site and the erection of a public building thereon at Boise 
City, Idaho. It took several years of constant effort on the 
part of himself and the other representatives of Idaho in 
the National Legislature to secure the enactment of the 
measure and the appropriation of a sufficient amount of 
money to begin the erection of the building. The founda- 
tion of the building has been completed for some time, and 
it is confidently believed that an additional appropriation 
will be secured at the coming session to carry out the orgi- 
nal plan and erect a building that will be a source of pride 
to the citizens of the State. 

Bill to Authorize and Regulate Construction of Bridge Across 

the Kootenai River. 

Among the other important bills introduced by Senator 
Shoup in the 52nd Congress was one to authorize and regu- 
late the construction of a bridge across the Kootenai River 
at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho. 

Bill for Examination and Classification of Certain Mineral 

Lands. 

Another was a bill to provide for the examination and 
classification of certain mineral lands in the States of Mon- 
tana and Idaho. This measure was enacted and the work 
provided for has been in operation for four years, and it is 
believed that it will be completed during the coming sea- 
son. 

Act Pensioning Chief of Bannock, Shoshone and, Sheepeaters. 

During the 52nd Congress Senator Shoup secured by 
special Act of Congress a pension for Tendoy, Chief of the 
Bannock, Shoshone and Sheepeaters tribe of Indians. So 
far as is known this is the only instance of where a pension 
was provided for an individual Indian by special Act of 
Congress. It was shown by the evidence filed in the case 



that this Indian chief had always been a faithful and val- 
ued friend of the white settlers and joined the whites with 
his Indians in opposing the Indians of the Nez Perces tribe 
in 1877 when they invaded Idaho and Montana under 
Chief Joseph and slaughtered the w r hite people without re- 
gard to age or sex. Again in 1878, when the Fort Hall 
Indians were on the warpath, Tendoy with a part of his 
tribe joined the whites in protecting the lives and property 
of the settlers. Tendoy has surrendered large areas of the 
land which the tribe occupied and claimed, for which the 
tribe has received nothing, and now get only a small an- 
nuity for clothing and supplies. In view of the fact that 
this Indian chief received no compensation for his valu- 
able services and that he is now old and too infirm to per- 
form manual labor, and there being no funds at the dis- 
posal of the Government for the benefit of this Indian 
chief, the Committees on Pensions in the two houses au- 
thorized favorable action on the bill granting this Indian a 
pension at $15 a month. 

Bill for Cession of Surplus Lands of the Nez Perces Indians. 

One of the most important measures to Idaho enacted in 
the 53rd Congress was an agreement with the Nez Perces In- 
dians in Idaho for a cession of their surplus lands, which 
was introduced by Senator Shoup July 12, 1894, as an 
amendment to the Indian Appropriation Bill, and which 
was adopted by both houses of Congress and approved by 
the President. The throwing open of these lands to settle- 
ment has resulted in a great influx of people to the State in 
the vicinity of Lewiston, Idaho, and the land embraced in 
the ceded portion of the reservation, which up to a few 
years ago belonged to the Indians, is now a thriving and 
prosperous community, with numerous towns springing up 
in different sections. Under the provisions of this Act the 
settlers were required to pay $3.75 an acre for the land, in 
annual payment ; but, in anticipation of securing legisla- 
tion extending the Homestead laws to ceded Indian reserves, 
Senator Shoup was instrumental in securing the adoption 
of an amendment postponing the annual payments from 
year to year, and now that the free Homestead bill is a law, 
the settlers on this and other reservations are not required 
to pay the price stipulated, but are given the lands under 
the provisions of the general public land laws. 



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Bill for Relief of Owners of Mining Claims Wlw Enlisted in 

Spanish War. 

Ever mindful of the interests of the soldiers, Senator 
Shoup, at the outbreak of the War with Spain, secured the 
enactment of a bill to relieve owners of mining claims, 
who enlisted in the military or naval service of the United 
States for duty in the War with Spain, from performing as- 
sessment work during such term of service. 

By reason of his acquaintance and influence with the 
officials of the War Department, and the fact that he was a 
member of the Committee on Military Affairs in the Senate, 
he was enabled to render great service to the State at the be- 
ginning of the Spanish War, when volunteer troops were 
being recruited. People of Idaho were very desirous of 
having a full regiment participate in the Spanish War, but 
on account of the small number of volunteers allotted to 
Idaho, it was proposed to consolidate the organizations of 
Idaho with those of another State. Senator Shoup not only 
secured authority for the State to raise an entire regiment, 
which served with distinction in the Philippines, but also 
a cavalry company, known as the " Shoup Rangers," which 
was made a part of the 2nd U. S. Volunteer Cavalry, under 
Col. Torrey. 

United States and State Maps for Schools of Idaho. 

Senator Shoup has earned the gratitude of the school chil- 
dren of Idaho by securing for each school-house in the State a 
map of Idaho. A map of the State has also been furnished 
to every postmaster in the State, which furnishes the people 
constant opportunity of securing valuable information con- 
cerning the geography of the State and the location of the 
towns and cities. 



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DURING the recent session of Congress an unusually 
large number of bills of both a private and public 
nature were introduced and a larger percentage of the 
bills became laws than in any previous session of Congress. 
It is equally true that more legislation was secured beneficial 
to Idaho than at any previous session. Senator Shoup intro- 
duced 35 bills, a large proportion of which became laws. 

Bill Ratifying Agreement with Fort Hall Indians. 

Among the most important was the bill, Senate 255, rat- 
ifying an agreement with the Fort Hall Indians in Idaho. 
This bill was introduced by Senator Shoup on the opening- 
day of the session and was referred to the Committee on 
Indian Affairs. A favorable report was secured on the 
bill soon after Congress reconvened after the holiday re- 
cess. The bill passed the Senate about a week later, then 
went to the House of Representatives, and was referred to 
the Committee on Indian Affairs. After pending in that 
committee about a month a favorable report was secured 
with certain modifications and the adoption of an amend- 
ment ratifying an agreement with the Kiowa, Comanche 
and Apache tribes of Indians in Oklahoma. On April 2d 
the bill as amended passed the House of Representatives 
and was returned to the Senate. On account, however, of 
the vigorous objection of a number of Senators to the 
amendment ratifying an agreement with the Kiowa, Co- 
manche and Apache Indians, it was impossible to secure 
favorable action on the bill until the closing days of the 
session. After a long and hard struggle the report of the 
conferees on the bill was finally adopted by both houses 
and the bill received the signature of the President. 

Under the treaty with the Fort Hall Indians over 418,000 
acres of land were ceded to the United States. The price 
to be paid for the land was $525,000, $100,000 of which is 
to be paid within three months after the ratification of the 
treaty, and the further sum of $75,000 is to be expended in 
the erection of a modern school building for the Indians. 



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The remainder of the money is to be paid in amounts of 
$50,000 a year. As soon as the allotments are made to the 
Indians, the lands are to be classified and then opened to 
settlement by a proclamation of the President. The land 
laying near the canal and susceptible of irrigation is to be 
sold at $10 an acre. The other agricultural land is to be 
sold at $2.50 per acre and the grazing land at $1.25. 

The enactment of this measure into law will be of great 
benefit to southeastern Idaho, and will open up a large tract 
of country to settlement, and, in addition, will put into cir- 
culation in that section within the next few years over half 
a million dollars. 

Public Building, Boise, Idaho. 

Soon after Congress convened it was ascertained that the 
$200,000 appropriated to purchase a site and erect a public 
building at Boise, Idaho, was inadequate and that a suita- 
ble building could not be erected until an additional appro- 
priation was secured. Senator Shoup at once introduced a 
bill in the Senate, No. 2328, increasing the limit of cost to 
$300,000, providing for an appropriation o( an additional 
$100,000 for this purpose. He appeared before the Com- 
mittee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to which the bill 
was referred, on two of three occasions, urging a favorable 
report on the bill and the Committee finally took favorable 
action, reporting the bill on the 16th of March. A few 
days later the passage of the bill was secured in the Senate 
and was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and 
Grounds in the House of Representatives, where it is still 
pending. 

When the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill was under 
consideration the Senator appeared before the Committee on 
Appropriations and urged the adoption of an amendment 
appropriating $100,000 additional for the Boise public 
building, but the Committee concluded not to adopt the 
amendment for the reason that there were numerous other 
buildings in partial course of erection requiring increased 
appropriations and they deemed it best not to make 



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any exception in favor of Boise. There is no doubt but what 
this appropriation will be secured next session of Congress. 

Payment of Certain Indians Who Served Under Gen. 

0. 0. Hoavard. 

During the Nez Perces War of 1877 Gen. 0. 0. Howard 

employed a great number of Indians as scouts, couriers and 

messengers. As they had never been remunerated for their 

services provision was made in the agreement with the Nez 

Perces Indians, ratified by Act of Congress approved August 

15,1894, for payment after their claims had been investigated. 

The examination of these claims was not completed until 

March last, when the report of the Secretary of the Interior 

recommending the payment of the claims was transmitted to 

the Speaker of the House of Representatives and referred 

to the Committee on War Claims. As no action was taken in 

the Committee, or by the House of Representatives, in regard 

to the matter, Senator Shoup introduced an amendment to 

the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill, on which he secured a 

favorable report from the Committee on Indian Affairs and 

the Committee on Appropriations. The amendment was 

adopted and passed the Senate, and was agreed to in the 

conference committee, under the provisions of which $4,572 

will be paid to the Indians now residing in the vicinity of 

Lewiston, Idaho, without delay. 

Artesian Wells in Idaho for Irrigation Purposes. 
On February 16th last Senator Shoup introduced a bill, 
No. 3013, to appropriate $100,000 for sinking artesian wells 
in the State of Idaho for the purpose of ascertaining whether 
the force of the water flow that exists under the surface of 
the ground in the State of Idaho can be made available for 
the irrigation of arid lands. The project met with the ap- 
proval of the Director of the United States Geological Sur- 
vey, but it was suggested that the measure would meet with 
less opposition if it was not stated in the Act where the 
money was to be expended. Following up this suggestion 
the Senator appeared before the Committee on Appropria- 
tions and urged the adoption of an amendment appropri- 



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ating $250,000 for irrigation purposes. This amendment 
was finally adopted and the Senator has the assurance of 
the Director of the Survey that a large proportion of this 
appropriation will be expended in Idaho. Two parties of 
surveyors have already been sent to the State to make pre- 
liminary examinations. The prospects are very favorable 
that in the next session of Congress an additional appropri- 
ation can be secured for establishing reservoirs, etc. 

Fish Hatchery and Fish Culture Station in Idaho. 

There is probably no better spawning ground in the 
United States, or a more appropriate place for the establish- 
ment of a fish hatchery, than in eastern Idaho. In view of 
this fact Senator Shoup has been endeavoring to secure the 
establishment of a fish hatchery and fish culture station, 
and after interviewing the Commissioner of Fish and Fish- 
eries and members of the Committee on Fisheries of the 
Senate he introduced an amendment to the Sundry Civil 
Appropriation Bill appropriating $10,000 for this purpose, 
and a favorable report on the amendment was secured from 
both the Committee on Fisheries and the Committee on 
Appropriations, and the amendment was adopted in the 
Senate. The House conferees, however, opposed the amend- 
ment so strenuously that the Senate conferees receded. It 
is quite probable, however, that favorable action will be 
secured next session. 

Branch of National Home for Disabled Volunteer 

Soldiers. 
The Fort Sherman military reservation in Idaho, con- 
taining nearly a thousand acres of land and 57 buildings, 
is about to be abandoned by the War Department, and, 
under the law, will be turned over to the Interior Depart- 
ment to be sold. It is not probable that a very large sum 
could be realized for the land and buildings, as they cannot 
be utilized to much advantage in that section of the country. 
As there was a great demand on the part of the veterans in 
the northwest section of the country, and the Legislatures of 
Idaho and Washington both having passed joint memorials 



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favoring the establishment of a branch home for disabled 
soldiers, Senator Shoup introduced an amendment to the 
Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill providing for the establish- 
ment of such a home. The Committee on Military Affairs 
favored the proposed legislation and authorized a favorable 
report and the Committee on Appropriations adopted the 
amendment and it was incorporated in the Appropriation 
Bill when it passed the Senate. The House conferees, how- 
ever, insisted that the Senate should recede from its amend- 
ment, contending that there is no necessity for a branch home 
in that section of the country. In view of the fact that there is 
no home for disabled volunteer soldiers in the vast region of 
country lying west of Leavenworth, Kansas, and north of 
Los Angeles, California, it is hoped that this legislation can 
be secured next session, especially as a large proportion of 
the volunteers serving in the Philippines enlisted from the 
northwest section of the United States, some of whom will, no 
doubt, in time, desire to receive the benefits of a home of 
this kind. 

Claims of Heirs of Darius B. Randall and Gilman 

Sawtelle. 

During last Congress Senator Shoup's attention was called 
to the claims of the heirs of two citizens of Idaho which had 
been pending for nearly a quarter of a century, both of 
which are admitted to be meritorious by the departments 
in which they originated and yet they remain unpaid. 

In 1873 Darius B. Randall, at that time living near the 
Nez Perces Reservation in Idaho, sold to the Government, 
for $3,161, certain improvements known as the "Twelve 
Mile House " property on Sweet Water River and delivered 
to the agent of the Government a release of all bis right and 
title thereto and possession of all his improvements to the 
said agent for the benefit of the Nez Perces tribe of 
Indians. A few years later Mr. Randall was killed in battle 
with the Nez Perces tribe of Indians and the claim 
was never paid, there being no specific appropriation 
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Senator Shoup introduced a bill providing for the payment 
of the claim to the heirs of Mr. Randall. The bill was fa- 
vorably reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs and 
passed the Senate but was never acted upon in the House. 
At the beginning of the present session of Congress he rein- 
troduced the bill and secured its passage in the Senate on 
the 28th of April last, and the bill is still pending in the 
House of Representatives, no action having been taken by 
the Committee on Claims, to which it was referred. 

The claim of the heirs of Gilman Sawtelle is equally meri- 
torious. During the Nez Perces War of 1877 the United 
States troops under the command of Gen. 0. 0. Howard 
occupied the premises of Mr. Sawtelle at Henry's Lake, 
Idaho. They burned his fences, carried off and destroyed 
carpenter tools, blacksmith tools, mowing machines, fish- 
ing tackle, boats, etc., amounting in all to $2,070. The 
claim having been made to the War Department, an Army 
officer was sent to investigate the facts and reported that the 
claim was meritorious and recommended payment of the 
same. As there was no specific appropriation from which 
this claim could be paid, no further action was taken until 
it was called to the attention of Senator Shoup, who imme- 
diately took steps to secure legislation which would enable 
the Department to pay the claim. On the first day of the 
session of this Congress ire introduced a bill, No. 257, di- 
recting the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the legal 
representatives of Mr. Sawtelle the sum of $2,070 for remu- 
neration for damages done to his property by United States 
troops as above indicated. The bill was favorably reported 
from the Committee on Military Affairs and passed the Sen- 
ate on March 31st last, since which time it has been pend- 
ing in the Committee on Claims in the House of Represent- 
atives. 

Special Pension Bills. 

Senator Shoup never introduces a private pension bill 
uutil the facts in the case are thoroughly investigated at 
the Pension Bureau, in order that no injustice may be done 
to those whose claims are embraced within the general pen- 



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sion laws. All of the private pension bills for the benefit of 
Idaho veterans or their widows, with one exception, which 
became laws during the present session of Congress were 
introduced by Senator Shoup and are as follows : 

Cory dan Bevans, Shelley, Idaho. 
Mrs. Jane McMahon, Boise, Idaho. 
William Hamley, Kendrick, Idaho. 
George W. Newell, Boise, Idaho. 
Hellen Lang, Nampa, Idaho. 

The following bills introduced by Senator Shoup for relief 
of persons named below have been favorably reported from 
the Committee on Pensions, passed the Senate, and are now 
pending in the House of Representatives : 

Cornelius Shroder, Glenn's Ferry, Idaho. 

Charles Weitfle, Rudy, Idaho. 

Col. Charles H. Irvin, Boise, Idaho. 

William Oliver, Boise, Idaho. 

Mrs. Frances M. Cellar, Rigby, Idaho. 

Mrs. Lucy E. Danilson, Blackfoot, Idaho. 

Mrs. Lizzie Breen, Boise, Idaho. 

Free Homestead Bill. 
Among the national measures in which Senator Shoup 
has taken a lively interest is the free homestead bill, ex- 
tending the general land laws to ceded Indian reserves. 
The benefits of this legislation extend to thousands of set- 
tlers on ceded Indian lands in a number of the Western 
States, including the settlers on the Cceur d'Alene and Nez 
Perces Reservations in Idaho. Anticipating this legislation 
Senator Shoup has been instrumental for three years in se- 
curing the enactment of an amendment to the Indian 
Appropriation Bill extending the time of payment due 
from settlers, and now that the free homestead bill has be- 
come a law, they will be relieved from making any pay- 
ments whatever, excepting the ordinary fees required under 
the general land laws. 

Forest Reserves. 
He has actively opposed any extension of the boundaries 
of the Forest Reserves in Idaho, and, with the other mem- 



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bers of the Idaho delegation, visited the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office 
on a number of occasions, protesting against any extension 
and urging a modification of the boundary lines of the 
reserves so as to exclude certain lands valuable for agricul- 
tural purposes which are now embraced in the reserves. 

Leasing of Public Lands for Grazing Purposes. 

He has also opposed proposed legislation providing for 
the leasing of grazing lands to large corporations, which, if 
accomplished, would militate against actual settlers, and an 
adverse report was made on the bills having this object in 
view. 

Alaskan Bill. 

As Chairman of the Committee on Territories Senator 
Shoup has taken especial interest in needed legislation for 
Alaska and prior to the convening of Congress he visited 
that Territory with a view of informing himself fully con- 
cerning conditions there. Soon after Congress convened he 
introduced a bill providing for a code of civil laws and civil 
procedure applicable to Alaska. The bill was consolidated 
with Senate Bill 3419, making further provisions for a civil 
government for Alaska, which bill was one of the largest 
ever introduced, containing 620 pages. The Committee on 
Territories held frequent sessions for the consideration of 
this bill and it was finally reported to the Senate and passed 
that body with a number of amendments. It was then 
referred to the Committee on Revision of the Laws in the 
House of Representatives where 1,256 more amendments 
were made to the bill. Senator Shoup was appointed chair- 
man of the conference committee of the Senate which held 
sessions both day and evening during the closing week of 
the session in order to have the conference report completed 
prior to the adjournment. The conference report was 
finally adopted in both houses and the Act received the 
approval of the President on the 6th of June, the day before 
Congress adjourned. 



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BILLS INTRODUCED IN U. S. SENATE. 



52nd CONGRESS. Senator Shoup. 

Page of 
Journal 

393. A bill to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection 
of a public building thereon, at Boise City, in the State of 
Idaho. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 21 

reported with amendments 62 

considered , 110 

recommitted 112 

reported with amendments (Report No. 287) 126 

considered, amended, read third time, and passed 145 

1667. A bill to improve the navigation of the Kootenai River, 
in the State of Idaho. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 63 

1668. A bill to authorize and regulate the construction of a 
bridge across the Kootenai River at the town of Fry, County 
of Kootenai, State of Idaho. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 63 

reported with amendments 81 

considered, amended, read third time and passed 145 

1669. A bill to provide the times and places for holding terms 
of the United States Courts in the State of Idaho. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 63 

reported adversely and postponed indefinitely (see 
H. R. 626) 313 

2329. A bill granting to the University of Utah a site off the 
public domain. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 122 

committee discharged, and referred to the Commit- 
tee on Military Affairs 171 

2561 . A bill for the relief of William G. Langford. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 155 

2562. A bill to provide for the examination and classification of 
ceitain mineral lands in the States of Montana and Idaho. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 155 

committee discharged, and leieried to the Committee 
on Public Lands 158 



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Page of 
Journal. 



2612. A bill granting a pension to Tendoy, chief of the Ban- 
nocks, Shoshones, and Sheepeaters tribe of Indians, of Lemhi 
Agency, Idaho. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 164 

reported without amendment (Report No. 537) 212 

considered, read third time and passed 286 

passed the House with amendment 424 

Second session : 

Senate agreed to House amendment 18 

examined and signed 21 

presented 22 

approved.. 26 

3828. A bill to correct the northern boundary- line of the Cceur 
d'Alene Indian Reservation, in Kootenai County, Idaho. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 84 

66. A joint resolution for the relief of the Boise City National 
Bank. 

First session : 

read twice and referred (see S. R. 70).. 172 

53kd CONGRESS. 

334. A bill to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection 
of a public building thereon, at Boise City, in the State of 
Idaho. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 13 

661. A bill for the relief of the Shawnee tribe or nation of 
Indians. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 25 

Second session : 

reported adversely and postponed indefinitely ( report 

No. 214) 88 

825. A bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide the 
times and places for holding the terms of the United States 
courts in the States of Idaho and Wvoming." Approved 
July 5, 1892. 

First session: 

read twice and referred 36 

884. A bill to authorize the construction and operation of an 
electric railroad in the Yellowstone National Park, and for 
other purposes. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 43 

1297. A bill fixing the limit of indebtedness which may be in- 
curred by Salt Lake City. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 2S 

reported adversely and postponed indefinitely (see 
H.R.4449) 67 



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1538. A bill to ratify and confirm an agreement with the Yank- 
ton tribe of Sioux or Decotah Indians in South Dakota, and to 
make appropriations for carrying the same into effect. 
Second session : 

reported from Committee on Indian Affairs and read 

twice (ReportNo. 196) 67 

considered, read the third time, and passed 249 

1823. A bill to amend section numbered 2324 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States relating to mining claims. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 131 

54th CONGRESS. 

319. A bill for the relief of telegraph operators who served in 
(during) the War of the Rebellion. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 19 

reported with amendments (Report No. 415) 173 

considered, amended, read third time, and passed 213 

title amended ... 213 

Second session : 

passed the House 62 

examined and signed . 66 

presented 67 

approved 82 

320. A bill to authorize the construction and operation of an 
electric railroad within the Yellowstone National Park, and 
for other purposes. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 19 

reported adversely and postponed indefinitely 233 

902. A bill to provide for the purchase of a site and the erec- 
tion of a public building thereon at Moscow, in the State of 
Idaho. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 35 

905. A bill granting a pension to Mary W. Keeffe (Keefe). 
First session : 

read twice and referred 35 

reported with amendments (Report iNo. 139) 98 

considered, amended, read the third time, and passed.. 141 

titleamended 141 

Second session : 

passed the House with an amendment ,. 31 

Senate disagreed to House amendment, asked a con- 
ference, and appointed conferees 66 

Mr. Pritchard excused and Mr. Shoup appointed a 

Senate conferee 76 

House insisted and appointed conferees 82 

House agreed to report of conferees 97 

Senate agreed to report of conferees 99 

examined and signed 101 

presented 103 

approved 123 



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1095. A bill for the relief of Enoch Vernon, a citizen of the 
United States. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 43 

committee discharged and referred to ihe Committee 
on Military Affairs. .. 57 

1 175. A bill to authorize the Secretary of War to appoint an ex- 
amining board of medical officers of the United States Army 
for the purpose of examining officers upon the retired list who 
may have made application for restoration to active service. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 49 

1215. A bill granting a pension to Ellen Kingsley. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 52 

reported without amendment (Report No. 137) 98 

considered, read the third time, and passed 141 

passed House with amendment 317 

agreed to House amendment 318 

examined and signed 322 

presented 328 

approved 362 

1239. A bill relating to the distillation of brandy from prunes, 
plums, and pears, and amending Section 3255 of the Revised 
Statutes of the United States. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 54 

.reported adversely and postponed indefinitely 190 

1435. A bill granting an increase of pension to Nathan Kimball. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 67 

reported without amendment (Report JSo. 138) 98 

considered, read the third time, and passed 141 

passed the House 317 

examined and signed 322 

approved 362 

1436. A bill providing for the retirement of employees in the 
Executive Departments of the Government of the classified 
service. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 67 

2052. A bill to correct an Act entitled "An Act to pension 
George Hunter." 
First session : 

read twice and referred 124 

2091 . A bill removing the charge of desertion from the name of 
Edward Hughes, who served as a private in Company C, Fifth 
United States Volunteers, and also as a private in Company D, 
Thirty-eighth United States Volunteers 
First session : 

read twice and referred : 129 



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2176. A bill granting a pension to Thomas Pollock. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 140 

reported with amendment (Report No. 348) 150 

considered, amended, read the third time, and passed. 183 
Second session : 

passed the House with an amendment 31 

Senate agreed to House amendmen! 53 

examined and signed 55 

presented 58 

approved 69 

2177. A bill granting an increase of pension to Henry B. Conway. 
First session : 

read twice and referred.. 140 

Second session : 

reported with an amendment (Report No. 1255) 59 

considered, amended, read the third time, and passed. 73 

2277. A bill for the relief of Oscar Sonnenkalb. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 152 

reported without amendment (Report No. 673) 240 

considered, read the third time, and passed 240 

2345. A bill granting an increase of pension to Benjamin Wil- 
liams. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 161 

2512. A bill relative to the medal of honor authorized by the 
joint resolution approved July 12, 1862, and the Act approved 
March 3, 1863. 
First session : 

reported and read twice 184 

postponed indefinitely 243 

3094. A bill granting an increase of pension to George W. 
Palmer. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 291 

reported without amendment 373 

Second session : 

considered, read the third time, and passed 23 

3257. A bill donating condemned cannon and cannon balls to 
the Idaho Soldiers' Home, Boise City, Idaho. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 374 

reported without amendment 393 

Second session : 

postponed indefinitely 104 

55. A joint resolution relative to the medal of honor authorized 
by the Acts of July 12, 1862, and March 3, 1863. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 77 

reported adversely and postponed indefinitely 184 



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3304. A bill to prohibit the formation of monopolies, trusts, and 
combinations in trade. 

Second sess on : 

read twice and referred 15 

3305. A bill to suspend the farther issuance of paper currency 
of a less denomination than $10. 

Second session ; 

read twice and referred 15 

3480. A bill to better define and regulate the rights of aliens to 
hold and own real estate in the Territories. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 40 

3516. A bill granting a pension to Louise Van Atter. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 4 ( ) 

reported without amendment (Report No. 1205) 51 

considered, read the third time, and passed 73 

3530. A bill granting a pension to Emma Francis. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 53 

3531. A bill granting a pension to George Francis. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 53 

3532. A bill granting a pension to Jane B. Johnston. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 53 

55th CONGRESS. 

122. A bill concerning carriers engaged in interstate commerce 
and their employees. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 7 

123. A bill to suspend the further issuance of paper currency of 
a less denomination than $10. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 7 

1 24. A bill to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection 
of a public building thereon, at Moscow, in the State of 
Idaho. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 7 

1 25. A bill granting an increase of pension to George W. Palmer. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 7 

reported without amendment (Report No. 253) 138 

Second session : 

considered, read the third time, and passed 31 

passed the House with an amendment 356 

Senate agreed to House amendment 357 

examined and signed ". 3(51 

presented 365 

approved 386 



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126. A bill granting an increase of pension to Henry B. Conway. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 7 

reported with an amendment (Report No. 253) 138 

Second session : 

considered, amended, read the third time, and passed. 32 

passed the House 120 

examined and signed 126 

presented 127 

approved 146 

127. A bill granting an increase of pension to William Hamley. 

First session : 

read twice and referred. 7 

Second session : 

reported with an amendment (Report No. 427) 45 

considered, amended, read the third time, and passed. 51 

1345. A bill granting an increase of pension to Sarah Brumm.. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 32 

Second session : 

reported with an amendment (Report No. 466) 57 

considered, amended, read the third time, and passed. 67 

passed the House with amendments 221 

Senate agreed to House amendments 223 

examined and signed 228 

presented 229 

approved 253 

1346. A bill to prohibit the formation of monopolies, trusts, and 
combinations in trade. 

First session : 

read twice and referred 32 

2470. A bill to provide for the payment to the heirs of Darius 
B. Randall, deceased, for, certain improvements relinquished 
to the United States for the use of the Nez Perces Indians. 
First session : 

read twice and referred 172-173 

Second session : 

reported with an amendment (Repoit No 611) 125 

considered, amended, read the third time and passed. 162 

2555. A bill granting a pension to Hattie E. Gusler. 

Second session : 

read twice and referred 13 

reported with an amendment ^Report jSo. 465) 57 

considered, amended, read the third time and passed. 67 

Third session : 

passed the House with amendment 6£j 

Senate agreed to House amendment 70 

examined and signed 75 

presented 80 

approved 101 



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3110. A bill granting a pension to Patrick Breen. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 45 

reported with an amendment (Report No. 643) 135 

considered, amended, read the third time and passed. 191 

passed the House 370 

examined and signed 377 

presented 380 

approved 403 

3226. A bill for the relief of Albert C. Brown. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 54 

reported without amendment (Report No. 587) 109 

considered, read the third time and passed 166 

3227. A bill granting a pension to John W. Lay. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 54 

Third session : 

reported with an amendment (Report No. 1558) 90 

considered, amended, read the third time and passed. 128 

passed the House 150 

examined and signed 168 

presented 172 

approved 209 

3667. A bill for the relief of Edward Strider. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 104 

3668. A bill granting an increase of pension to Ephraim (Eph- 
riain) C. Baldwin. 

Second session : 

read twice and referred '... 104 

reported with an amendment (Report No. 793) 188 

considered, amended, read the third time, and passed.. 217 

title amended 217 

passed the House with an amendment 371 

Senate agreed to House amendment 372 

examined and signed 377 

presented 380 

approved 403 

3891. A bill to amend section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of 
the United States, relating to mining claims. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 121 

4073. A bill to ratify an agreement with the Indians of the Fort 
Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho, and making appropriations 
to carry the same into effect. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred , 151 

reported with amendments (Report No. 925) 229 

considered, amended, read the third time, and passed.. 239 



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4074. A bill for the relief of Oilman Sawtelle. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 151 

4086. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a 
patent in fee to Mary Campbell, a Nez Perces Indian, 
allottee. 

Second session : 

read twice and referred 154 

reported without amendment (Report No. 955) 240 

considered, read the third time and passed 295 

4439. A bill to relieve owners of mining claims who enlist in 
the military or naval service of the United States for duty in 
the War with Spain from performing assessment work during 
such term of service. 
Second session : 

read twice and referred 281 

reported without amendment 252 

considered, read the third time, and passed 252 

passed the House with an amendment 371 

Senate agreed to House amendment 372 

examined and signed 377 

presented 380 

approved 395 

4775. A bill granting a pension to Flora Stanton Kalk. 

Second session : 

read twice and referred 339 

Third session : 

reported without amendment ( Report No. 1423) 24 

considered, read the third time, and passed 38 

passed the House w 7 ith amendment 113 

Senate agreed to House amendment 116 

examined and signed 122 

presented , , 134 

approved 158 

4993. A bill authorizing the President to nominate Brig. Gen. 
Thaddeus H. Stanton to be a major-general in the United 
States Army and to place him on the retired list with the 
rank and pay of that grade. 
Third session : 

read twice and referred 24 

reported without amendment 42 

considered, read the third time, and passed 47 

report (No. 1476) submitted 51 

reconsidered, and House asked to return 51 

returned by the House 62 

5040. A bill granting an increase of pension to Jane McMahon 
(widow of Bernard J. McMahon). 
Third session : 

read twice and referred 31 

reported with amendments (Report No. 1559) DO 

considered, amended, read the third time, and passed 127 
title amended 127 



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5265. A bill granting to the Clearwater Valley Railroad Com- 
pany a right of way through the Nez Perces Indian Lands in 
Idaho. 

Third session: 

read twice and referred 60 

reported without amendment (Report No. 1495) 63 

considered, read the third time, and passed 71 

passed the House 126 

examined and signed 146 

presented 147 

approved 174 



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